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║ Information About FRU-DB3I - From File FRU-DB3I.INF ║
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║ PAF Review - Edition 93.2 - April 1993 ║
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Includes the DBase III commands, a predefined DBF file and a
good description of how to transfer genealogy information
from PAF to DBase. Requires use of another utility called FRU.
Version: 1.0? (no version given in documentation)
Author: Bob Christopher
Address: ???, Denver, CO
Version Date: June 1991
BBS File Name: FRU-DB3I.ZIP (also need FRUxx.ZIP)
Software Type: Freeware
Fee: N/A
Read/Write:
For use with PAF 2.2 and dBASE III or compatible programs only.
NOT TESTED WITH ANY OTHER VERSIONS OF THESE PROGRAMS!
The FRU program allows PAF users to convert records to ASCII text
format in delimited form. That is to say that the PAF data records
are converted into individual lines in a text file. Using the "D"
option for the delimited form, thus having each field of each
record separated by a comma, the file is readable by dbase III. To
do this you need a database file with the proper field names
imbedded and a command line to get the ASCII text delimited file
read into the database (.dbf) file.
This file contains the two items necessary to automate this
process, and thus you can bring 500 individual's records into a
dbase-ready file in about 20 minutes or less (with practice you
can get it down to about 5 to 7 minutes depending on the speed of
your pc and the size of your paf\data files). Included with the
instruction file (FRU-DB3I.DOC) are:
FR-IND.DBF The pre-structured dbase database file for PAF
data which will create your PAF-IND.DBF file.
FR-INPUT.PRG The command lines to import the data to DBase.
The author had difficulty figuring out about 8 of the PAF file
fields, so he named them UNKNOWN1...UNKNOWN8. You can very easilly
rename them to what they should be (if you need them renamed) by
using the modify structure command from within dbase or using the
ASSIST program and modifying the structure from there.